The British Poets, Volume 1Little, Brown & Company, 1866 |
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... body could have believed him to be the author of Hudibras , a book abounding with so much wit , learning , and pleasantry . Next morning Mr. Shepherd asked his lordship's opinion of Mr. Butler , who answered , " He is like a nine- 99 ...
... body could have believed him to be the author of Hudibras , a book abounding with so much wit , learning , and pleasantry . Next morning Mr. Shepherd asked his lordship's opinion of Mr. Butler , who answered , " He is like a nine- 99 ...
Page xxxv
... bodies compounded of heterogeneous parts , contains in it a principle of corruption . All dis- proportion is unnatural , and from what is unnatu- ral we can derive only the pleasure which novel- ty produces . We admire it awhile as a ...
... bodies compounded of heterogeneous parts , contains in it a principle of corruption . All dis- proportion is unnatural , and from what is unnatu- ral we can derive only the pleasure which novel- ty produces . We admire it awhile as a ...
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... body but a king ; But this good king , it seems , was told By some that were with him too bold , If e'er you hope to gain your ends , Caress your foes , and trust your friends . Such were the doctrines that were taught Till this ...
... body but a king ; But this good king , it seems , was told By some that were with him too bold , If e'er you hope to gain your ends , Caress your foes , and trust your friends . Such were the doctrines that were taught Till this ...
Page xxxix
... body of Mr. S. Butler , Author of Hudibras . He was a whole species of poets in one , Admirable in a manner , In which no one else has been tolerable ; A manner which began and ended with him , In which he knew no guide , And found no ...
... body of Mr. S. Butler , Author of Hudibras . He was a whole species of poets in one , Admirable in a manner , In which no one else has been tolerable ; A manner which began and ended with him , In which he knew no guide , And found no ...
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... bodies , fly ; Where truth in person does appear , Like words congeal'd in northern air . He knew what's what , and that's as high As metaphysic wit can fly : In school - divinity as able As he that hight Irrefragable ; A second Thomas ...
... bodies , fly ; Where truth in person does appear , Like words congeal'd in northern air . He knew what's what , and that's as high As metaphysic wit can fly : In school - divinity as able As he that hight Irrefragable ; A second Thomas ...
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agen ancient appear arms astrologer b'ing Bear Bear-baiting beard beast beat blood blows break breech broke bus'ness Butler CANTO Carisbrook Castle cause Cerdon cheat Church conscience Countess of Kent Crowdero Dame devil dogs e'er ears enemy ev'ry eyes false fell Fiddle fight fortune give grace hand head heart honour horse Hudibrastic King knew Knight ladies laid law of arms learned Lord lover Magnano moon ne'er never numbers o'er oaths Orsin Paul Neal poem poets pow'r Presbyterians prov'd prove quarter Quoth Hudibras Quoth Ralpho rage rais'd resolv'd Saints SAMUEL BUTLER self-same serv'd Sidrophel Skimmington soul specieses Squire stars steed stout swear sword swore tail Talgol tell thee things thou hast thought tricks true Trulla turn turn'd twas us'd vow'd Whachum William Lilly witches words worse wound
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Page 14 - A sect, whose chief devotion lies In odd perverse antipathies ; In falling out with that or this, And finding somewhat still amiss ; More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract or monkey sick...
Page 138 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar-school ; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used ; and, contrary to the king, his crown, and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 25 - Still they are sure to be i' th' right. 'Tis a dark-lanthorn of the spirit, Which none see by but those that bear it ; A light that falls down from on high, For spiritual trades to cozen by ; An ignis fatuus that bewitches And leads men into pools and ditches, To make them dip themselves, and sound For Christendom in dirty pond ; To dive, like wild-fowl, for salvation, And fish to catch regeneration.
Page 5 - And styled of war as well as peace. (So some rats of amphibious nature Are either for the land or water.) But here our authors make a doubt Whether he were more wise or stout.
Page 7 - He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true, In mood and figure he would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope : And when he happen'd to break off I' th" middle of his speech, or cough, H...
Page xvi - While Butler, needy- wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give; See him, when starved to death and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone.
Page 7 - He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument, a man's no horse; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl; A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees.
Page 17 - So learned Taliacotius', from The brawny part of porter's bum, Cut supplemental noses, which Would last as long as parent breech, But when the date of Nock was out, Off dropt the sympathetic snout.
Page 12 - For his religion it was fit To match his learning and his wit: 'Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant...
Page 3 - When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why? When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears...